Construction & Extraction
Tile & Stone Setters
SOC 47-2044
Set tile and stone on floors, walls, and countertops.
The job
Median pay
$56k
$45k to $70k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+9.8% projected
Openings a year
3k
BLS projection
Typical education
Apprenticeship
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
4th pct
More exposed than 4% of occupations · modeled estimate · 21st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
61/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Mathematics
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8,250 | 0.5 | 2.0× | $59k |
| Florida | 4,070 | 0.4 | 1.8× | $47k |
| New York | 2,990 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $61k |
| Utah | 1,590 | 0.9 | 4.0× | $49k |
| Nevada | 1,450 | 0.9 | 4.0× | $61k |
| Texas | 1,260 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Arizona | 1,060 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $52k |
| Michigan | 1,010 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $48k |
| Pennsylvania | 880 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $70k |
| Colorado | 870 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $58k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 790 | 0.4 | 1.7× | $59k |
| Virginia | 750 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $49k |
| Illinois | 730 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $67k |
| North Carolina | 680 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $45k |
| Ohio | 670 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $46k |
| Washington | 660 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $78k |
| Minnesota | 610 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $71k |
| Idaho | 570 | 0.7 | 2.9× | $48k |
| Indiana | 540 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $48k |
| South Carolina | 478 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $44k~ |
| Missouri | 470 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $61k |
| New Jersey | 460 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $62k |
| Hawaii | 440 | 0.7 | 3.0× | $79k |
| Massachusetts | 410 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $81k |
| Wisconsin | 410 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $63k |
| Georgia | 360 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $48k |
| Tennessee | 350 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $44k |
| Kansas | 310 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $55k |
| Nebraska | 283 | 0.3 | 1.2× | $59k~ |
| New Mexico | 280 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $45k |
| Oklahoma | 280 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $44k |
| Alabama | 260 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $45k |
| Iowa | 240 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $54k |
| Maryland | 240 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $46k |
| Montana | 240 | 0.5 | 2.0× | $59k |
| Connecticut | 230 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $63k |
| Louisiana | 190 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $45k |
| Kentucky | 180 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Arkansas | 160 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $39k |
| Wyoming | 142 | 0.5 | 2.2× | $56k~ |
| Vermont | 140 | 0.5 | 2.0× | $56k |
| Alaska | 121 | 0.4 | 1.6× | $71k~ |
| Delaware | 104 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $56k~ |
| Rhode Island | 100 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $49k~ |
| Washington DC | 71 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $66k~ |
| North Dakota | 70 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $43k |
| Maine | 60 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $71k |
| Mississippi | 60 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $39k |
| West Virginia | 50 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $51k |
| New Hampshire | 40 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $50k |
| South Dakota | 30 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $51k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,600 jobs · $61k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,170 jobs · $59k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,020 jobs · $64k median
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV990 jobs · $64k median
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT970 jobs · $50k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL950 jobs · $48k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA940 jobs · $55k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA910 jobs · $58k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Tile & Stone Setters interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.